Taoiseach Simon Harris due to discuss commissioner posts with Ursula von der Leyen this week
Simon Harris, pictured with Donald Tusk, rejected any suggestion Ireland’s relationship with Ursula von der Leyen had frayed in recent months. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire
Ireland has nominated Mr McGrath as its next EU commissioner, with the Government stating that it was seeking to secure a finance-related job for the Fianna Fáil politician.If you want to know whether Sinn Féin’s housing policy will work, look at what it achieved in the NorthSpeaking in Poland on Thursday, Mr Harris confirmed he was due to discuss the commissioner roles with Ms von der Leyen this week.
The Taoiseach said he was confident Ms von der Leyen would put together the “best team” of commissioners. “Whatever portfolio Michael McGrath ends up with I know he will play a very real and significant role in the commission,” he said. Fianna Fáil’s four MEPs also voted against the German politician in a European Parliament vote that confirmed her reappointment as president of the EU’s executive arm for another five years.
Mr Harris rejected any suggestion Ireland’s relationship with Ms von der Leyen had frayed in recent months. “I have a very good relationship with president von der Leyen, we’re both from the same European political party. I know Ursula, she is an excellent president of the commission,” he said.
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